The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-10-29
MISCELLANEOUS.


travelling takes only an extra collar,
and carries that under the sweotband
of his hat.
The canes now worn by the fashion
able young men Of New York have
cigarette cases in their silver handles.
The heads accommodate q package Of
cigarettes, and the opening clasp and
the hinges are so minute as to be
scarcely pcrceptible.
When lightning struck the barn Of
James Smith, of Marion, Ind, he was
standing between his two horses with
three pigs nosing around their feet. At
the flash all the animals dropped dead.
while Smith was entirely unharmed.
An odd time-piece is shown in q
Philadelphia window. The front of
the clock is large, round waiter. The
hours are marked on q dozen oyster
shells. Il small plato, garnished with
slices of lemon. conceals the works, and
the hands are knife and fork.
1t is said of the mayor of Alexan-
dria, Va, that lie "can impose fine
on violator of law with so much ease
and grace that he makes the fellow feel
that he has really had high compli-
ment paid him, and leaves the court
room feeling better than when he en-
tered it,"
--Teacher-" Bobby, what do you
know about the ocean P" Bobby
0oudly) - Big ships sail on it."
Teacher--"And what do they do on
the big ships when the sea runs high
in stormy weather?' Bobby-"Drinll
brandy and lemon juice. ."-7oWn Top
ics.
Tom Webb, living near Millville,
CAL, has an apple tree on which he
grated the Duchess pear about two
years ago. The bud has done better
than the apple. but both bear fruit,
each after its kind. The strange part
of it is that pears and apples grow to-
gether on the same twig.
"A new process has been discovered
by which the most delicate patterns,
even of lace work, can be produced in
iron by casting the metal on the fabric
after the fabric has been carbonized.
Molten iron can be run on the most
delicate fiber in carbonized state with
out iniuring or affecting it.
Bridal parties who visit Washington
are disappointed because they can not
ascend to the top of the Washington
monument. Congress made no appro-
priation for furnishing steam power to
run the elevator, and unless a special
measure is introduced at the next ses-
sion the top of the shaft will be mac
cessible during another fiscal year.
"A tract of 1,655 acres, embracing
Wilmurt Lake and part of Big Rock
Lake. in HerlSimer County, has been
bought for 500, 900, and club probably
will be organized with membership of
about twenty to own the property. Will
murt Lake is g 800 feet above the level
Of the sea, is fed by springs, and is
one of the best lakes in the
Adirondack region for fly fishing for
,peckled trout.-M Y. Sun.
One of the latest attempts to har-
ness the forces of nature for the service !
of men is the adaptation of windmill |
for the turning of dynamo, the elec-
tricity thus obtained being stored in
suitable batteries, and afterward used
in lighting beacons for the benefit of
the maritime interests. There is
station of this kind near the mouth OF
the Seine, and considerable success has
been obtained.
A Cleveland turfman owns horse
that can both trot and pace a mile in
fast time. As a PAGER the animal has a
record of 2:202, which he made last
year. Early last spring his owner
changed him into trotter. and he has
made a splendid record this season.
The owner says he can. with twenty
minutes notice, change his horse from q
PAGER into trotter, or vice versa.
In the early days only few
scholars and priests knew how to write.
1t was then customary to sign docu-
ment by smearing the hand with ink
and impressing it upon the paper. at
the same time saying "Witness my
hand" Afterward the seal was intro.
duced as substitute for the hand.
mark, the two forming the signature.
This is the origin of the expression used
in modern documents.
The Sierra Nevada range might be
called a continuation of the Cascade
Mountains; but those are of volcanic
origin, and the Sierra Nevadas are
granite, though traces of volcanic ac-
ton are often found on the flanks and
base. 1t commences at Mount Shasta,
14.40O feet high, and runs in southerly
direction to Tejon Pass, where it Joins
the Coast range not far from Mount
Whitney, the highest mountain in the
United States south of Alaska. There
are but few passes over these mountains,
and the Pacific slope is very steep, the
Central Pacific road descending 6,3OC
feet in eighty miles. Public Opinion.
George Ambrose, who lives on the
Captain Okeson farm. couple of miles
east of Lexington, Mich, is the owner
Of turkey hen that has brood of half.
grown turkeys, among which is Il young
prairie chicken of apparently the same
age as its companions. Whether the
chicken was hatched with the turkeys
or adopted b. the hen when small is
not known. The hen hid her nest out
in the field, and when she first made
her appearance with her youur family